General Relativity

An Introduction to Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology

By: Michael J W Hall

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Paperback | 13 March 2018

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This book is based on a set of 18 class-tested lectures delivered to fourth-year physics undergraduates at Grif¯¬th University in Brisbane, and it presents new discoveries by the Nobel prize-winning LIGO collaboration. The author begins with a review of special relativity and tensors, and then develops the basic elements of general relativity - a beautiful theory that uni¯¬es special relativity and gravitation via geometry - with applications to the gravitational de¯¬ection of light, global positioning systems, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology. The book provides readers with a solid understanding of the underlying physical concepts; an ability to appreciate and in many cases derive important applications of the theory; and a solid grounding for those wishing to pursue their studies further. General Relativity: An Introduction to Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology also connects general relativity with broader topics. There is no doubt that general relativity is an active and exciting ¯¬eld of physics, and this book successfully transmits that excitement to readers.

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